We all know that listening to, watching, and reading the news can have a powerful negative effect on us. It affects not only our mood, but our health and decisions as well. However, one of the reasons we give for exposing ourselves to it is: “I need to know what’s going on in the world!”...

For many people, the reason they are unable to achieve what they want in life is a subconscious fear of success. This may seem strange at first – fearing the thing they want most – but when you look a little deeper, it makes perfect sense. Since the fear is subconscious, the conscious mind has...

If you find that you have memories you don’t want to work on because you can’t bear to think about them, or you don’t want to revisit them, you may feel it is better to keep them pushed down. However, not thinking about them consciously does not mean they are not active. The fact that...

Narcissists can be difficult to deal with; and many people find that living with or working with a narcissist is stressful, painful, and can cause them to doubt themselves. While there is a lot of advice available online on “How to Outsmart a Narcissist” the most effective and powerful way to achieve this is by...

Doubt can be debilitating, and it can destroy all motivation and inspiration, if it is left unchecked. Having said that, a small amount of doubt can be healthy and useful. Doubting something, and then finding out more about it, or improving skills, or finding a better way – these are ways in which doubt can...

“Don’t talk to strangers!” Most of us were probably taught this from a young age, by those who raised us, in order to keep us safe. The majority of parents will impress upon their children to avoid contact with strangers. Strangers can be dangerous, and we should only trust people we already know. While this...

If there was one, simple thing you could do every morning that cost nothing, that could completely transform your life, would you do it? If you could wave a magic wand right now and change something in your life, what would it be? In the absence of a magic wand, do you want...

Shyness is not a one-size-fits-all personality trait. Shyness varies from person to person, and it is in fact a skill – a coping skill – that is learned and perfected as the individual grows. Like everything else, shyness is the result of records that the subconscious is referring to, and prompting the body...

Fear can feel like an outside force that prevents us from achieving our potential in life. However, it is purely a physiological state – and one that can be quite quickly and easily transformed. Whatever your conscious mind may be using to justify the fear that is holding you back, the true cause is deep...

How often do you feel bad? Are you able to feel bad in a good situation? For example – using “Yeah, but” or “What if?” Feeling bad takes skill – and we develop the ability to feel bad in order to fit in with our environment, as a survival mechanism. Fortunately, this skill can be...

You may have been warned in the past about “toxic” people. In fact, there are social media memes that give you the “warning signs” of such people – what to look out for, and how to avoid them. The truth is, as real as the effects of “toxic people” feel to those they affect, they...